We've Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, ...

Colin Meloy, the frontman for the Decemberists, laughed when he was informed of a band listed under the influences header on the group’s Wikipedia page. Listed among contemporaries like The Postal ...

Environment plays an underrated role in the songwriting process. Look around you at your surroundings in a given moment, and then start penning a song. Chances are, the end result will be unique to ...

Each year, the Portland Art Museum’s PAM CUT/Center for an Untold Tomorrow bestows its Cinema Unbound Awards, which are intended to recognize “multi-disciplinary media artists at the forefront of ...

Colin Meloy says that the idea for his new song came while watching a documentary on Slint's 1991 album Spiderland. For the Morning Edition Song Project, we've asked musicians to capture life in the ...